Saturday 31st October 2026 ðŸŽƒ

Berkeley shore     South of power station a MERLIN, c35 Black-tailed Godwits, six Grey Plovers and four Turnstones. (Paul Taylor).

Frampton pools     This afternoon 73 Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, five Little Egrets, five Grey Herons, 14 Chiffchaffs, a Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, six Redwings, four Fieldfares, two Pochards, 24 Tufted Ducks, ten Shovelers, 29 Teal, six Gadwall and 2000+ Starlings over. (Nick Goatman).

Saul Warth     Early morning 65 Shelducks, a female Wigeon, two Teal, 192 Avocets, 94 Curlew, six Grey Plovers, a Great White Egret, a Little Egret, the escaped Greater Flamingo, eight Redwings, 22 Skylarks, a Stonechat, a Rock Pipit, 47 Meadow Pipits, two Chiffchaffs, 10+ Robins, a Jay, a Raven, 65 Goldfinches and 370 Woodpigeons flew E. (MK).

Jay by Mike King

Meadow Pipit by Mike King

Elmore Court     In the rewilding area this afternoon a juvenile Goshawk, two Peregrines, three Kestrels, 300+ Redwings, 100+ Fieldfares and two Cetti’s Warblers heard. (Steve Pullen).

Leckhampton     Birds flying over towards the SE included a Sparrowhawk, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Ravens, a Redwing and six Skylarks (garden tick). Also a distant Green Woodpecker heard and a Tawny Owl at dawn. (Steve Brown).

Upton St Leonards     First two Redwings of the autumn today. (John Holland).

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About The Gloster Birder

My name is Mike King and have lived all my life in Gloucestershire. I am happiest birding around Frampton but I especially love Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I have birded all over Europe, in the U.S.A. and Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Belize, Madeira, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and most recently Thailand.
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